FINAL LAUNCH WEEK FEAST OF SERENDIB GIVEAWAY: WORLDWIDE EBOOK EDITION (PLUS A HARDCOVER) Okay, folks. So I meant to run giveaways on Sunday & Monday, but launch week is super-chaotic and the e-mails have been fast and furious, so I didn’t. For the sake of my sanity, let’s just say we’re doing one more monster […]
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The new GoodReads giveaway (for 5 gorgeous print hardcovers of A Feast of Serendib) is live! US & Canada folks are encouraged to enter! (We’d do it worldwide, but that doesn’t seem to be an option for GoodReads right now…) https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/304570-a-feast-of-serendib
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So, I think I’m ready to talk a little about this new project that crystallized last week. (Photo of dragonfruit chocolate bars ‘crystallized’ for inspiration.) There are multiple elements coming together in this, things I’ve been working on and thinking about for a long time. I’m still not positive of what the final shape
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Last curry bun experiment from Bite Nite. I ended up serving the regular curry buns (previous three posts) on a bed of kale sambol, which was beautiful and delicious and good. I’d do that again. But as I was making them, I found myself wondering whether I could just add some kale sambol inside the
For the jackfruit curry buns, I sprinkled them with hemp seed. I’ve never used hemp seed before, but I hear it’s good for you? The exciting part of this, though, were the chickpeas. When I asked around, it seemed like jackfruit buns are a thing in Sri Lanka, and also jackfruit and potato buns. But
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I definitely need help if I’m going to be doing more production cooking — for Bite Nite, we made several hundred curry buns to give out (all of which went that night! and fast!), and even though we used pre-made dough, I was pretty tired by the end of the cooking, even with Kevin‘s help. It
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I am *finally* getting around to posting some of the curry bun experiments from Bite Nite (back in January). I made three different kinds — the first was traditional mas paan. Make a beef and potato curry, cook it ’til dry, wrap in bread dough, brush with egg wash, bake. Except I was worried that
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Recipe below. But first: In the far reaches of the galaxy, the Dragonfruit Nebulae lie. Amid rocky crags, the gilded dragons guard their gemstone horde. Sparks of citrus and pepper dance in dark caverns. Once you taste their seductive wiles, you may find yourself unable to resist returning, again and again. Heh. If I were
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Dragonfruit Nebulae chocolates: Details of gilding process. Pretty pretty. Dragon pleased.
Dragonfruit Nebulae chocolates: They are still very pretty without gilding, especially when poured into cool molds. While I love the dragon scale effect of the bars, I did do a bunch of little individual chocolates; those will be better for parties and tasting events. One set in gemstone shapes (so dragon!), and the other with
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